foray

n.

1. A sudden raid or military advance.
2. A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area: an actor's foray into politics.

v., -ayed, -ay·ing, -ays.

v.intr.

1. To make a raid.
2. To make inroads, as for profit or adventure.

v.tr. Archaic

To pillage in search of spoils.

[Middle English forrai, from forraien, to plunder, probably back-formation from forreour, raider, plunderer, from Old French forrier, from forrer, to forage. See forage.]

noun

An act of invading, especially by military forces: incursion, inroad, invasion, raid. See attack/defend, enter/exit.

verb

To enter so as to attack, plunder, destroy, or conquer: invade, overrun, raid. See attack/defend, enter/exit.

n

Definition: incursion, attempt
Antonyms: abstention, idleness, laziness

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n. a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid: the garrison made a foray against the guerrilla camp.

v.

make or go on a foray: the place into which they were forbidden to foray.

forayer n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: To raid in order to steal.

When the chickens went missing, the farmer realized that a fox had made a foray into the coop.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - strejftog, plyndringstogt, indfald
v. intr. - gøre strejftog
v. tr. - plyndre

Nederlands (Dutch)
inval, strooptocht, uitprobeersel op onbekend terrein, een inval doen in, plunderen

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) incursion, pillage, essai/tentative dans
v. intr. - (Mil) faire une incursion dans
v. tr. - faire une incursion dans, s'essayer à, s'exercer à

Deutsch (German)
n. - räuberischer Einfall, Ausflug
v. - überfallen, plündern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αιφνίδια έφοδος ή εισβολή, γιουρούσι, διαρπαγή, επιδρομή
v. - πλιατσικολογώ, λεηλατώ, διαρπάζω

Italiano (Italian)
fare un'incursione, incursione, scorreria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - incursão (f)
v. - atacar (Mil.)

Русский (Russian)
набег

Español (Spanish)
n. - invasión, incursión, irrupción, pillaje, correría
v. intr. - hacer correrías
v. tr. - invadir, hacer una incursión, saquear, pillar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plundringståg, strövtåg (bildl.)
v. - plundra, ge sig ut på plundringståg (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侵掠, 攻击, 侵略, 袭击, 劫掠, 对进行突袭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 侵掠, 攻擊, 侵略
v. intr. - 侵略, 襲擊, 劫掠
v. tr. - 對進行突襲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 침입, 침략
v. intr. - 침략하다, 약탈하다
v. tr. - 침략하다, 약탈하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 侵略, 手出し, 侵入
v. - 侵略する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غزوة (فعل) يغزو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פשיטת שוד, הסתערות‬
v. intr. - ‮פשט על, בזז, פלש‬
v. tr. - ‮פשט על, בזז‬

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